The Royal Chef: My Lord, Please Take a Concubine

[A free-spirited woman vs. a man who believes in male supremacy]

She was petty and jealous, wishing all her husband's concubines would die, but she didn't dare actually do it. In the end, one of the concubines angered her to death.

She is the head of a restaurant empire, the CEO of Changlai Food Group, and a culinary genius who never relies on men.

When she becomes her...

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"Elder Sister, why put yourself through this? Even if she enters the household, she'll only be a concubine and won't threaten your position. Why risk being branded jealous over her? I feel so sorry for you." Lady Han laments on behalf of the princess consort, dabbing at her tears with a handkerchief, her expression utterly winsome.

"I agree it's not worth it. I'll report to the palace tomorrow and have Lady Shen brought into the household."

Lady Han's hand froze mid-wipe. Her wide, watery eyes stared in shock, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.

He is Prince Yongping of the Sheng Kingdom, shrewd and calculating, cold and merciless, impartial and iron-willed. Yet on the surface, he is calm, composed, and courteous, hiding beneath a mask his ambition and his absolute determination to claim the throne.

He once said, "Anything that belongs to me is untouchable unless I decide I no longer want it!"

She is the secret owner of the Changlai tavern in the Sheng Kingdom, a woman whose love of money is known throughout the realm.

He is Prince Yongping's trusted adviser on his path to the throne, a scion of an eminent family, wickedly charming and arrogant, too proud to ever show his feelings.

But at a state banquet, he makes the shocking discovery that the proprietress of Changlai, the woman who spent the night beside him and has known him for years, is sitting at Prince Yongping's side as his princess consort!

What kind of absurd world is this?!

In the study, Prince Yongping stands with his hands behind his back, his expression stern, though he is seething with murderous rage. "Are you going to explain yourself?"

"Explain what?!" Lin Yiyi can't understand him at all. "I always thought we had an unspoken understanding: you do your thing, and I do mine." Otherwise, why would she work herself to the bone investing all her silver in his future career as emperor? Wasn't that a mutually understood transaction?

Damn it, can you not make that face?!

Or... are you trying to go back on our deal?